as in whatever
in spite of everything
I don't care what you say—I'm going anyways!
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Recent Examples of anyways
The grand jury also found that despite a permit request to use the full street 50 days a year not being granted by the city, Walton had been doing so anyways.
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Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
And yeah, during the challenge, you’re not allowed to use firearms anyways.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
But Percy, Grover, and Annabeth continue on their quest anyways.
—EW.com, 22 July 2025
Talking about Linux in this context is pretty irrelevant anyways, since the Xbox consoles run a variant of Windows.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 1 July 2025
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Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
And yeah, during the challenge, you’re not allowed to use firearms anyways.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
But Percy, Grover, and Annabeth continue on their quest anyways.
—EW.com, 22 July 2025
Talking about Linux in this context is pretty irrelevant anyways, since the Xbox consoles run a variant of Windows.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anyways
Adverb
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Wants to be sure her friends notice her new whatever-she's-wearing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 May 2021
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And so the Administration of Harvard, by its own admission, has taken no action whatever.—
William F. Buckley Jr.,
National Review,
23 Oct. 2017
Adverb
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Maura is marvelous stomping around the apartment in a cold fury and refusing to speak to Clara, who proceeds regardless with broker negotiations and brings in antiques dealer Abslam (Ahmed Boulane) to buy up the contents.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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But $9 million for a young defenceman coming out of entry level is now the board regardless.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Dodgers felt comfortable enough with that knowledge to carry him on their Wild Card Series roster anyway.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
4 Oct. 2025
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But Obama recovered and was reelected anyway, albeit with a smaller margin of victory than four years earlier.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Anyways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anyways. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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